Kunnathur Assembly Election 2016

Current Trend

Kunnathur is a bastion of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), which was a constituent of the LDF, is now with the UDF. Since 1970, the party has lost only once. Of late the BJP has made its presence forcefully felt. Under the terms of the alliance with the BJP, the Bharatiya Dharma Jana Sena is contesting the seat and has nominated Thazhava Sahadevan to contest the seat in 2016 assembly elections.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, election, UDF candidate of Mavelikara parliamentary constituency Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress had secured a thin lead of 87 votes over his nearest LDF rival Chengara Surendran of the CPI in the Kunnathur Assembly segment. However, in 2015 local body elections, all the 10 grama panchayats were won by the Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Kunnathur Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate Party Name Results